Andrew McKelvey, the billionaire founder and former chief executive of Monster Worldwide Inc., died early Thanksgiving morning in New York after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
Continue reading...25. November 2008
HarQen has announced the private beta launch of VoiceScreener, a tool that allows HR reps to create and distribute custom-recorded phone interviews.
Continue reading...24. November 2008
Both Monster and CareerBuilder, two of the biggest job boards in the nation, have announced that they are purchasing coveted Super Bowl air time.
Continue reading...24. November 2008
By Vanessa Dennis - While most people are celebrating the holidays with family and co-workers this month, Taleo, the provider of talent management software, has little reason to rejoice. The company has experienced a steady string of setbacks, beginning with their Q3 financial call and continuing with a bevy of lawsuits that threaten to rattle the core of this globally renowned company. Let's take a look at the timeline of events and hear an expert's advice on what this means for the software giant in the long run.
Continue reading...24. November 2008
JobCompass is a new application for the iPhone that claims to be the only application that searches millions of jobs and plots them on a map in relation to your location.
Continue reading...24. November 2008
By Blake Helppie - A few weeks ago Steve Levitt, the co-author of Freakonomics, blogged about a recent study published by our company, JobApp Network, on how web-only applicant tracking, talent acquisition and hiring management systems may be unwittingly hampering diversity at hourly employers, particularly in retail and restaurants. Rarely have I seen such a torrent of controversy unleashed by what was originally intended to be just another quarterly white paper. Academics were asking questions and bloggers revived a largely dormant “Digital Divide” discussion. I think the last time that the “Digital Divide” generated any real political or economic debate was somewhere around the time that I watched Detroit Rock City in theater (voted the worst movie of 1999 by the other 6 people who actually watched it).
Continue reading...21. November 2008
VisualCV has announced a new platform called VisualCV Career Connection that connects job seekers and employers for a fee.
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27. November 2008
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